GayRomLit— or as some refer to it as GRL— truly is the must-attend event for
people who create and celebrate LGBT romance. For those who are unfamiliar with
what GRL is I can try and summarize it. Every year in October (this year it’s
the 17th to the 20th with pre-events on the 16th)
the LGBT community consisting of authors, narrators, readers, and professionals
gather to share in their love of LGBT romance. There are signings, author
lounges, many events, spotlights, it really is hours of fun.
The location
changes every year and on the opening night of each year the spot for the next
year is announced. During this time at
GRL there are two signings. One for Registered Authors and one for Featured
Authors.
At these
signings you can go to the authors’ tables, talk, have them sign swag they
have, books you’ve brought, pick up pre-orders, and they will even sign
something you brought from home.
Lounges are
set up as well these are outside the signing times. Registered authors have one
and featured have two lounges.
There will
also be spotlights with readings, Q&A’s and so much more.
Now until
October 14th Diverse Reader is spotlighting authors that will be at
this years GRL. And if you want to know more about it simply head over to the
site by clicking here:
Now for our
Spotlight Author of the day!
Where to find W.M. At The Event
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17
Author Signing: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00
p.m.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18
Author Lounge: 4:00 – 4:45 p.m.
with Sam Burns
And, hey, I’ll probably
hang out a lot where Sam is!
Our preorder form is
closed, but there will be limited copies for sale of all of Sam’s and my
cowritten books at both of our events.
On September 26th,
Sam Burns and I put out our fourth published novel, The King’s Dragon,
but last year at our first GRL in Portsmouth, we didn’t have any. Meeting in
person gave us the push we needed to start working together. The energy,
inspiration, and community I found there changed my life.
Diversity and
creativity take center stage at GRL, from unique ways to collect signatures,
author talks, and even candies attendees bring from across the world. I’d
encourage readers and fans to engage with authors and professionals. We’re all
there because of your excitement. There’s almost nothing better than knowing
that your words connected with someone. When I went to GRL as a reader in 2018,
I was pretty intimidated, but everyone was so welcoming and enthusiastic that
even a weirdo robot introvert like me had an amazing time!
This year will
be my first as an author, but I’ll look back on that year as a reader with
fondest memories of the authors, readers, and professionals who inspired me.
I’m so excited to give out swag and talk to readers about fearsome dragons,
gods in leather jackets, and men who get the happy endings they deserve!
The King’s
Dragon, Fire and Valor Book One
Lord Tristram Radcliffe has a secret—he is the only dragon at
the king’s court in Llangard. It’s a secret he’s kept from the knights he’s
fought beside, from the ladies who bat their lashes at him, and from his
closest companion, Prince Reynold. If it were to get out, he’d be banished to
the Mawrcraig Mountains along with the rest of his kind, but the kingdom of men
is the only one he’s ever known, and his heart lives in the stone halls of
those who’d count him an enemy.
When the old king dies and Prince Reynold takes the throne, two visitors from the north throw Tristram into the middle of the ancient conflict between dragons and men. They put him on a collision course with the king’s shadow, Bet Kyston, a dangerous assassin who may want him dead or may want more of Tristram that he’d ever thought to give.
With the eyes of dragons upon him and a threat from the north creeping toward the home he loves, Tristram must weigh his allegiances before his dual legacies tear him apart.
When the old king dies and Prince Reynold takes the throne, two visitors from the north throw Tristram into the middle of the ancient conflict between dragons and men. They put him on a collision course with the king’s shadow, Bet Kyston, a dangerous assassin who may want him dead or may want more of Tristram that he’d ever thought to give.
With the eyes of dragons upon him and a threat from the north creeping toward the home he loves, Tristram must weigh his allegiances before his dual legacies tear him apart.
Prince
of Death, Lords of the Underworld Book One
Gifted power over life and death, Lysandros has spent
millennia in the underworld, listless and alone. The youngest child of Hades
and Persephone, he’s been sheltered from the threats in the world above.
Theo Ward hasn’t been so lucky. After watching his mother wither away, he’d do almost anything to have her back. When a messenger appears at the Banneker College of Magic and offers the young professor a chance to save her, Theo can’t pass it up, even if it means going straight into the underworld and dragging her home. But Theo gets more than he bargained for when he crosses paths with the prince of Hades.
Set against the king of Olympus, they must shed their past burdens and learn to trust in each other, so they can face down a storm that threatens to wipe the nation’s capital off the map.
Theo Ward hasn’t been so lucky. After watching his mother wither away, he’d do almost anything to have her back. When a messenger appears at the Banneker College of Magic and offers the young professor a chance to save her, Theo can’t pass it up, even if it means going straight into the underworld and dragging her home. But Theo gets more than he bargained for when he crosses paths with the prince of Hades.
Set against the king of Olympus, they must shed their past burdens and learn to trust in each other, so they can face down a storm that threatens to wipe the nation’s capital off the map.
Prisoner
of Shadows, Lords of the Underworld Book Two
For more than five thousand years, Prometheus has been
chained in the underworld. Every day, an eagle tears out his liver. Every
night, he heals. When Hermes releases him in a gambit to save himself from his
father’s wrath, Prometheus must adjust to a world that’s forgotten him. Hunted
by the twins, Artemis and Apollo, he finds help in an unexpected place.
Julian Bell is a vampire lost. He left his Louisiana home in 1936 and hasn’t settled since. Ten years ago he followed his best friend to New York, but the country they came to wasn’t the America he left. After losing his friend, he found himself unmoored in a strange land. As he nears his hundredth birthday, he’s realizing how truly alone he is.
When Prometheus and Julian’s paths cross one fateful night, they find in each other a safe path through the shadows.
Julian Bell is a vampire lost. He left his Louisiana home in 1936 and hasn’t settled since. Ten years ago he followed his best friend to New York, but the country they came to wasn’t the America he left. After losing his friend, he found himself unmoored in a strange land. As he nears his hundredth birthday, he’s realizing how truly alone he is.
When Prometheus and Julian’s paths cross one fateful night, they find in each other a safe path through the shadows.
Patron
of Mercy, Lords of the Underworld Book Three
Lach has spent the last few thousand years counting only on
himself. What he needed, he took. What he wanted, he won with charm. All except
a god he turned his back on an age ago, when he had a different name and didn’t
know what he was giving up.
Thanatos, god of merciful death, is one of the gentlest gods in the pantheon—easing the transition between life and death for billions of mortals. But he has faced eternity alone. After breaking his heart on the sharp words of a fisherman’s son, he hasn’t been able to connect with anyone.
Now, Lach is crashing back into Thanatos’s life, dragging him into an adventure that could save the world… or kill them both.
Thanatos, god of merciful death, is one of the gentlest gods in the pantheon—easing the transition between life and death for billions of mortals. But he has faced eternity alone. After breaking his heart on the sharp words of a fisherman’s son, he hasn’t been able to connect with anyone.
Now, Lach is crashing back into Thanatos’s life, dragging him into an adventure that could save the world… or kill them both.
About W.M.
Fawkes:
So, I live in
the middle of nowhere in NC, always half an hour away from somewhere, with my
partner and three Halloween-hued kitties. With Sam Burns, I’ve coauthored four
books—the Lords of the Underworld series featuring tricky gods and the
men who love them, and The King’s Dragon, the first in the LGBTQIA+ high
fantasy Fire and Valor series.
I can’t wait to
meet you all at GRL!
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